right now hurricane sandy is 200 miles off the east coast. sending heavy rain and high winds slamming into coastal areas. here's a live picture from atlantic city, new jersey. the water there off to the left where it's dark. you can see at the camera jumping around because of the winds out there. now, officials have been telling residents, sandy is a life-threatening event and have been urging people to move inland. some things you can't move. sandy swamped boats tied up on docks and is flooding highways and inland areas. forecasters warn sandy could affect 50 million people before she is done. leigh glaser has been tracking hurricane sandy on live doppler 7hd. leigh? >> leigh: very, very serious, dangerous storm system, not only because you have the hurricane coming onshore but an area of low pressure developing to in the north and east, and that's going to sweep in, causing this to become a super storm.

live doppler 7hd, you see the actual -- it's not really a well-defined eye but you can see the counterclockwise spin of the system. the width of this storm, incredible, at over 500 miles there, and as we go ahead and take another look at this system, right now over 200 miles southeast of cape hatteras. still moving to the northeast. by tomorrow night it is going to start to make a jog towards the northeast. possible landfall tomorrow night near atlantic city, spend after that, folks, looks like the other cold storm in the -- canada is going to new jersey with this, -- is going to merge with this, making this a superstorm tuesday. we'll be telling you flights cancelled already. this is really going to impact the eastern half of the united states. >> leigh, residents on the eastern seaboard are already bracing for the storm's impact. millions are being warned to get somewhere safe and to stay put.

reporter: images that speak for themselves. hurricane sandy has that yet made landfall in the u.s. but its fierce winds and rain still are making travel difficult in ocean city, maryland. maryland has already declared a state of emergency. after being briefed by federal officials on the movement of the storm, president obama had this to say -- my main message to everybody involved, we have to take this seriously. my message to the governors and the mayors is, anything they need, we will be there. >> many or heeding the warnings, from north carolina to maine. >> i don't know what to expect at this point. we had irene here, had winds of 80 miles-per-hour sustained, and that was -- >> forecasters fear sandy could u-merge with the cold front, bringing up to a foot of rain in parts. heavy snow could also be

possible in the appalachian mountain region, public transportation in new york and new jersey is ramping down, and officials in new york city announced the evacuation of 375,000 residents in low-lying areas. new york city mayor michael bloomberg had a message for those considering riding out the storms. >> if you don't evacuate you're not just putting ourown life in danger, you're also endangering the lives of the first responder who have to rescue you. >> sandy has been blamed for dozens of deaths in the caribbean. mostly in haiti. >> sandy is stranding hundreds of thousands of travelers. dozens of flights to the east coast from all three bay area airports have been cancelled. the mass roman is live from the airport. reporter: passengerses are usually furious at the airlines when there are this many cancellations or delays but

mother nature is taking the heat. >> it's not the always' fault. so just go with the flow. nairves the same bet. >> hundreds of travelers at sfo who thought they were headed to the east cost were greeted by notices they're flights had been cancelled. this family had their visit to the bay area extended. >> everybody's cancelled so we can't get out until thursday. >> hurricane sandy is headed to the inner not into he is not put out. >> four days here is not the worst in the world, anding in san francisco, instead of going back to poarl, maine, which will be cooler. >> duty manager here says that over over the past few days airlines tried to warn passengers with weekend reservations about potential delays or cancellations. >> social media to alert customers they want to rebook for a different date, they would waive the charges involved with that. so that worked out well.

6,000 flights have been candled nationwide due to sandy and an another 4,000 flights are expected to be cancelled item. >> jetblue cancelled to flights tonight and two tworm. at oakland jetblue cancelled two tonight and four tomorrow. if you're heading back east, contact your airlines before leaving home. >> ama: the american red cross bay area chapter already has volunteers on the ground, on the east coast. the volunteers are helping to coordinate shelter for those in need and assisting in seth up food kitchens and medical tents. we spoke by phone with a richmond resident and red cross volunteer who is feeling the effects of san any delware. >> a half an hour ago the waves are very high and the surf is crashing. it's been raining really hard. and we're still several hours to a day away from when it should be at its worst. >> ama: virginia told us the red

cross needs blood as well as donations of money to buy supplies. she added the biggest problem will be flooding which may prevent supplies from getting the affected areas. we'll stay on top of the storm developments. our coverage continues tonight at 9:00 p.m. on tv v20, and at 11:00 p.m. here on channel 7. of course, you can get updates anytime on abc7news.com. now we shift gears to the world series, where the giants try to wrap up the championship in game four in detroit. while some fans look ahead to the evening, wayne freedman found some taking a trip down baseball's memory lane. >> to the uninitiated, the corner of michigan and trumble doesn't look like much, a weedy lot, but faithful tiger fans tip their caps. >> this is sacred ground, like a

church. >> like remnantses of an ancient ruin, this field on city-owned lan that overgrew that the tiger faithful reclaimed in now interact with. >> this is the grass that gives tiger stadium. >> or what's left of it. only the center field flag pole remains from the grand ol' quirky stadium but howard sees it in his mind. >> the week this was opened they didn't say tiger stayedem opened. they said the titanic sunk. >> the last time the tigers won the world series? >> 1984. >> where. >> right here. >> so they returned to bring the tying e.r.a. little mojo. ben kindle who came here with his dad, speaks to his son years later. >> you watch this. >> they came their stand at the plate so share the plate with ghosts of the past. >> ty cobb, babe ruth, have

stood at this place. >> right here. >> right here, and i got my dad to pitch to me. >> tiger stayed psinetum, 1912 to 1999. a vacant not, a field of dreams, field of memories, good ones, even on a bitterly cold, windy, autumn day. >> it's like your grandmother. there may be younger women, prettier women that cook better, but no uncan replace grandma. >> ama: a fast-moving fire guts a south bay apartment complex. we'll hear from the good samaritan who sprung into action to rescue her neighbors. a loss of a different kind for the san francisco 49ers. a decision by the

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>> ama: a man is under arrest accused of peeping into a child's second floor bedroom this morning on montero drive. police say the 24-year-old man, daniel collier, removed a screen and tried talking to the child. the parents called 9-1-1. police took collier into custody a short distance away and he has been booked, facing peeping and vandalism charges. at least 12 people must find a new place to live after a fire drove them from their homes in san jose. fire broke out around 7:30 this morning in a condo complex on creek side drive. the flames moved quickly after

the fire started in a building that houses several gradges. >> the structure did catch on fire. the fire was from the garage, into the attic of the townhomes, and also spread laterally, damaging more apartments. >> we just banging on the doors and saying, get out! get out ask the ask the there's a fire. and some of them took awhile to respond because they were sleeping. >> ama: nobody was hurt in the fire but the fire destroyed several cars, and gutted the garages as well as three units. two other units were badly damaged. investigators say the fire is not suspicious. the state department of finances has said no to giving the 49ers over $34 million in redevelopment money, and that could affect funding of their new stadium. the decision overturns the settlement of a lawsuit filed by the team against a santa clara county oversight board for redevelopment property tax dollars. in a statement the 489ers said, in part, we're disappointed with the decision by the state department of finances to reject the settlement agreement.

we'll turn the matter over to our legal team and await a resolution by the courts. just ahead, cashing in on facebook. tomorrow. 's highline anticipated pay day for employees of the coe. >> leigh glaser has the forecast and the latest on hurricane sandy. >> coming up in sports, the raiders took on their old rival, the chiefs. could the silver and black make it sing

>> tomorrow is the big pay day many facebook employ years have been waiting for since the company went public. they'll be allowed to shell their shares. the only -- employees who started working for the company during its infancy own the most share. the stock price is below the initial public offering of $38. it closed at 21.94 on friday. ceo mark zuckerberg says he won't be selling his shares of the company anytime soon. let's check on the forecast in the bay area.

such great weather. >> leigh: 70s today, we even had some mid-to-upper 60s can he toast, but from the high definition east bay cam over the bay, you can clearly see things are starting to change as the low clouds, fog starting to move inland, and there's the golden gate bridge right now, overcast. reduced visibility because the deck is right there on the span. so keep that in mind if travel takes you over that particular piece of roadway in the next couple of hours or even tomorrow morning. all eyes on detroit, and part of the moisture coming from sandy already making its way well to the east. detroit right now -- live doppler 7hd picking up a little bit of moisture now. not all of this is reaching the ground. we'll take you in closer. but getting very close. look at that dark orange -- the dark green and also the yellows starting to come in. so, as this sweeps back, we're

talking maybe the fifth, sixth, seventh inning they could be thinking about maybe putting the tarp down. i don't think it will be a rainout but it will be cold. the wind is up. gusts at 29. wind chill, 36 degrees out there. and that wind is howling right now. in the bay area, low clouds on live doppler 7hd right near the coast, heading right in toward the golden gate. current temperatures right now, still enjoys sunshine inland. antioch, 77, livermore, 77. 66 in santa rosa, they have a wind shift. 68 in san jose. forecast, we are going to go with the coastal clouds and fog overnight through the bay. the peninsula. high clouds increase. also some sunshine for your monday afternoon. going to be a little cooler as well, and then the rain returns to the bay area, late wednesday afternoon, wednesday night, just

in time for halloween. high pressure broughts the delightful weekend, starting to weaken a little bit. so that's going to allow the high clouds to get through. this cold front bringses us the rain on wednesday. and high clouds increasing tomorrow afternoon. also going to mak for some cooler temperatures throughout the course of monday. i'm going to show you the forecast animation. start this tuesday, 11:00 in the morning and you'll notice that front draped to the north. this is wednesday late afternoon. this is 5:00. wednesday. you can see the rain spreading most of it in the north bay, and then it slides south, will spread across the entire bay area. it's only sunday. we'll update this tonight at 11:00 and also tomorrow. lows tonight, mid-to-upper 40s in the north bay, 50s elsewhere, with the low clouds and fog. highs tomorrow, mid-to-upper 70s inland.

64 half moon bay, and santa cruz tomorrow, 75. still quite mild for your monday. tuesday, increasing clouds. wednesday, rain likely in the north bay. wednesday afternoon, spreading, wednesday night, showers thursday morning, sunshine saturday and sunday. we'll update you on the halloween forecast, and mike will be here tomorrow, 4:30 to 7:00 on the abc morning news to update you on hurricane sandy. >> ama: right, rick quan, leigh and i are wearing orange for the giants. going to be extremely unhappy with the game. >> the first time the giants are trailing in the series, but it's still early. still time. world series game four is underway in detroit. the fourth inning the tigers lead the giants 2-1. brandon belt brought pence home but miguel cabrera hit a two-run homer off matt cane. one more win and san francisco will claim the second world championship in three years.

hard to believe but if denver lose thoaz saints the raiders will be tied for first place in the afc west. oakland got off a shaky start. carson palmer picked off. the chiefs happen been plagued all season. today no exception. bradyin overthrows his receiver. quinn had to leave with a head injury. late in the half, the punt, and arenas muffs it. the long snapper. the raiders in great field position. third and eight, palmer hits moore in the end zone. 13-6 oakland at the half. third quarter now. palmer hooks up with darrius heyward-bey. that's the route raider fans remember. the point after made it 23-9. kansas city tries tries to comek but quinn's replacement, matt cassel, is enter presented by pat lee, who makes a great grab at the one. the chiefs turn the ball over four times. raiders win 26-16.

the seahawks were at detroit. fourth quarter, former raider, zack miller, with an amazing one-hand grab for the touchdown, seattle on top. but with just 24 second left in regulation, matthew stafford connects with titus young for the score. lions win 28-24. detroit improves to 3-4. seattle falls to 4-4. >> the patriots and rams playing in london. this game was all new england. tom brady threw for more than 300 yards and four touchdowns, two to brandon lloyd. rob gronkowski had a big game with 146 yards receiving and two scores. the patriots crush st. louis, 45-7. >> the the new york led dallas 23-0. the cowboys nearly came all the way back. with just seconds live, romo goes deep to dez bryant who

makes the catch for what appears to be the go-ahead score but the replay show bryant's hand came down out-of-bounds so the call was reversed. new york wins 29-24. great finish win the colts and titans. andrew luck finds ballard. check this out. 180 back spin into the end zone. worth one more look. the colts improve to 4-3 with the 19-13 victory. >> being called the duel. tiger woods and rory mcilroy will play an 18-hole match in china. woods will gate $2 million appearance fee and mcilroy gets a million. today tiger was in ma slay should for the cimb classic. on 16 he drains a long putt. woods shot an 8-under 63 to finish tied for fourth, three strokes back. nick watney won the title with a course record 61. this birdie putt left him 22

under par. on 18 taps in for the victory. wins bay stroke and takes home $1.3 million. >> now on to nascar. the tums fast relief in martinsville, when it was all said and done, jimmie johnson wins and grabs a two-point lead over brad keselowski in the sprint cup series. >> giants fans, going to panda express wearing orange or giants gear, gate free order or orange chicken. and a free taco on tuesdays because pagan stole a base. >> now we just need to win the game. a strong debut but could it

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